Suspender



H J PENN SUSPENDER Filed Oct. 27, 1922 ff .343 if ill Oil a HARRY iT.PENN, OF MADSGN, NORTH CARGLINA.

SUSPENDER.

Application filed 'ctober 27, 1922.

rFlic device :forming the subject matter of this application is a pairof Suspenders, of that general type in which an inner loop is mountedslidably within an outer loop or holder, the inner loop carryingcompression springs, which, coacting with the outer loop, afford thedesired resiliency.

The invention aims to provide novel cushion members, which, beingcarried by the inner loop, cooperate with the outer loop or holder toaccomplish results which will be set toi-th in detail hereinafter.

Another object'ot the invention is to provide novel means wl'iereby theeliective length of the suspender strap may be ad justed.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices oi" that type to which the inventionappertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope ofwhat is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment oi. the inventionshown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in elevation, a deviceconstructed in accordance with the invention, parts being broken away;Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 ot Figure 1; Figure 3 is a sectionon the line 8 3 of Figure l,

The device forming the subject matter of this application includes aholder or outer loop, denoted by the numeral 1, and made of flexiblematerial. In the lower end of the holder 1 guides 2, in the form oiteyes are mounted. rlhe guides 2 may be made oli' metal or any othersuitable material. rl`he numeral?) designates an inner loop, sometimesmade ot cord, and located partly within the holder 1. A spacer 4e, whichis rigid, is located within thev holder 1 and is provided at its endswith eyes 5 which rest on the guides 2, the end portions of the innerloop 3 passing downwardly through the eyes 5` and through the guides 2,the ends of the inner loop 3 being joined, if desired, externally ot theholder 1, by a coupling 6 carrying a hook 7 wherein a flexible element 8is slidable longitudinally, the flexible elenient being eqi'iipped inits ends with open- Serie] No. 597,329.

ings 9 adapt-ed to be engaged with the suspender buttons of :i pair otn'eechcs. 'ilubiu lar cushions are provided and there may be as many oras few ot these cushions as is considered expedient. in the 'form sel-;tc l as a material embodiment ot the invention, a pair ot lowercushions 10 is shown, the same resting on the eye 5 of the spacer sie,the numeral making an upper cushion of tubular torni, located within theholder l, the inner loop 3 passing through all ot the cushions. Anydesired material may be used in the making of the cushions l0 and l1 butshort pieces ot ordinary rubber tubing` will sufiice. The cushions 10and 11 may have a rotary movement on the inner loop 3. Compressionsprings 12 surround the inner loop 3, within the holder 1 and abut attheir upper ends against the cushion 11, the lower ends of the springsabutting against the cushions 10, the springs being housed within theouter loop or holder 1,

The device as thus iar described may be employed either on the front oia pair of suspenders, or on the rear thereof. But, wherever used, it isto be noted that the diameter of the cushions 10 and 11 is greater thanthe diameter of the springs l2. Con" sequently, when the device is inuse, the cushions 10 and 11 act as spacers, preventing the outer loop ofholder 1 from rubbing on the springs 12, when the inner loop 3reciprocates within the outer loop or holder 1. The cushions serve tomake the susponders comfortable to the wearer, in that, owing to theirresiliency, they prevent either the inner loop 3, or the springs 12which surround it, trom being thrust against the body of the wearer, theside portions of the holder or outer loop 1 intervening. The cushionslengthen the lite ot the inner loop Ssince, in a device of the classdescribed, there is a constant friction between the end portions of thesprings 12 and the inner loop or member 3,l if the cushions are notused. In the absence oi" the cushion 11, the upper ends of thecompression springs 12 tend to become entangled, notably after theSuspenders have been in use for a considerable period of time, and, whenthe upper ends of the springs 12` become entangled, the extremities ofthe springs generally project outwardly, wearing or tearing theholder 1. Often, when the ends of the sp1-ings project, as abovestated,-they penetrate the holder 1 and prick and annoy the WO i.

The lower C vhions '10 `tend to prem (he inner loop espeonlly incombination with the spacer at. Much that has heen Stated herenbetorerelative to the upper cushions 1l applies to the lower cushions l0,these elen'lentS preventing the ends o t' the springs 12 .trom piercingthe holder l to the domage ot the holder ond to th"y discomfort ot theWamel'. 3ft the noper cushion ll is oz-ntted, there i5 nnnndeslrnble-ohokingr sound produced, when `the Suspenders :1re in w10.due to 'the 'engagement Ibetnf'cen the 119er ends oft he L ltuosfsons;"n'gs The invention contenw rites the. provision ot' entr-:Cl moanavfhel vthe length o1c the Suspenders may he nri'ensod or dn'lnished atwill.. fino; this eonsldomton in mind, n link l et): he mounted n ltheupper end of the outer loop or holder and through this link, theSuspender strop 15 passes Slidnbly, "h. strap being' Supplied witheyelets 1G forming openings in the strop. Along' `the rear surface otthe Strap 15 `messes n f- .m-.. cv gnotectmg strip 1.1. {rene/21115 modoor lionihle nmterol vfhio stitched at 1S to the strap. @ne end ot' theop l5 iS attached to n slide f), in ythe torn a. loop7 `tlu'ough Whiehthe Strap pzf-.SSQS slidolffly., the Slide 'l being provided ith o. l

lool; vadapted to be ong; with any of the 1 is Claimed ifi mention, what.an a pon' ot' snspenoers, u. loop-.Shaped holder, :t loop smzble in theholder.; Complesslon #gringo receiving; the loop, indepon lent ueshenytubular Meinberg n'lonnted on the loon 1 "le Ween nd imerpoed Wholly l ts o1" t 1e .prings und the lm" oorton of the holder, .ond a. resilienttubo member mounted on the loo) and interpoJ-f between the upper ends ofthe springs. all Sad tubular members lueng of srch dini; eter tl hy thenthe holder is: spaced from the springs.

n testimony that claim the toregjgong as my o vn, l' have hereto unitedmy Signe-- ture.

HARRY J. PENN.

